5 Things To Do This Week Around Walpole

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Posted Aug. 28, 2014 at 2:42 PM

Posted Aug. 28, 2014 at 2:42 PM

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1. Labor Day weekend fireworks

Fireworks will be shot off over Gillete Stadium on Friday at 8:30 p.m. The display will last for more than 20 minutes and will be accompanied by a musical score available by tuning into Dean College Radio, Power 88 FM, at 88.3 FM, or streaming online at www.power883.org. Families can watch the free fireworks show from inside Patriot Place’s North Marketplace or from the parking lots around Patriot Place.

2. Labor Day entertainment at Patriot Place

Patriot Place has a multitude of Labor Day weekend events plan from Friday to Monday including live music, entertainment, Patriot mascot and cheerleader appearance, presentations and the "Battle for the Bay State" football game between Boston College and UMass on Saturday at 3 p.m.

3. Annual road race

41st annual Labor Day Road Race starts at Walpole High School. Youth Mile at 9:15 a.m. to be followed by the 5K race at 10 a.m. and then the 10K race. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. Raffle and awards after the race. Benefits WHS cross country and track and field.

4. Book signing

Paul Clerici of Walpole will be signing his "Boston Marathon History by the Mile" book at the Walpole Labor Day Road Races expo on Monday, Sept. 1, at Walpole High School, 275 Common St., beginning at 10 a.m.

5. Torture talk

Dr. Rebecca Gordon will speak on her new book, ‘Mainstreaming Torture: Ethical Approaches in the Post-9/11 United States’ on Tuesday, Sept. 2 at 7 p.m. in the Walpole Public Library. The talk is sponsored by the Walpole Peace and Justice Group.